Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-26
the remains, DIR. Whaley was present.
1t being then noon recess was
taken till 2 o'clock.
Afternoon session.

crowd, it looked as II many had re-
in their seats during the two
hours recess, in order not to loose
them, and so as to fully hear and see
all that this extraordinary case will
develop. .
Justice Leonard (resuming). AT
that examination l was present; DR..
Downs, think, was also there. Both
reside in that vicinity. Immediately
after the Coroner's inquest on the
ground, the objects before described
were placed in my charge. A scarf
pin was found ON Sunday by some
parties on the ground. 1t was gwen
to me.
Cross-examined by Hon, s. M.
White-The size of an ordinary bullet
hole. l do not know. do not carry
a pistol. | have one in my house,
but have not fired it for over SIX
months. | do not know its caliber. |
am not an expert in pistols. l
could not tell what size hole "A
caliber or a 22-caliber would make. l
don't know which of the two men
toned is the larger size. The
wound was nearly above the left ear,
prob ably little behind. The opposite
side of the skull was missing, so
could not see any exit for u bullet.
The doctors took out what little OF the
brains was left, but they found no bull
let. The body when first discovered,
was in the ruins of the barn. The
remains were thence removed to
the town OF Compton. As
the body was lying upon its
breast, the head was whole, but
burned to cinder. When the jury
turned it over a portion OF the skull
crumbled into ashes. The neck and
the laws we're still attached to the
body. The eyes were burned away.
There may have been some part OF
the nose remaining. The upper lip
was attached to the remnants of the
head, but l think the nose was nearly
gone. The ears were gone. l think
when the body was turned that the
portion in which | saw the bullet hole
fell to ashes. That is my impression.
The remains were first taken to- the
depot in carriage belonging to Mr..
Malcolm. l drove the team. A gen.
tleman named Stevens, who rode
with me remained in charge of them
when l went to get box. think a
portion OF coat was found. don't
think it was black cloth it was dark
colored. l think the vest and coat
we're made of the same material.
They were of dark cloth with a red
check, running through it. l think
so. | don't think it was black cloth.
| did not examine it so particularly as
to be positive. The remains were
taken from the depot to harness
makers shop. The distance from the
barn to the depot is a mile and quar-
ter. From the depot to the harness
shop is about 200 yards. The remains
were placed in box at the barn.
They remained locked up in the har-
ness-shop over night. No one was
lett in charge. The next day, Satur-
day, l summoned medical gentle
man. Ihad notified the coroner the
day before. l asked the medical man
to ascertain, if possible, tine cause OF
deceased's death. He examined the
body and did considerable cutting.
The brain, what there was left of it,
was taken out and examined. When
summoned the physician | went
with DR.. Whaley upon the ground
where the body had been found and
thoroughly examined it for a bullet. |
am satisfied he found IA very small
piece of lead. 1t was melted. 1t was
perhaps
THE SIZE OF THE BULLET.
Here great deal of pencil whiting
had to be gone through by Mr.. White
to obtain from the witness the accu-
rate size of the small piece of lead
found. Finally piece which the wit
ness considered the right size was cut
and shown to District Attorney De-
puy, who threw it away Immediately.
Then the witness took a hand in it
and cut off very little piece from a
chunk of lead, and this was consid-
cred the right size and placed in evil
dence.
WITNESS resuming,l They took
the remaining brains out OF the
skull. There was about handful
that was not burned, but higher up
some of that which remained
was OF another color, indicating that
it had been injured through life. My
information is based on what the ex-
perts told me. Stricken out as hearsay.
The underjaw was loosened. | think
it was detached from the body and
taken away. 1 know the lower jaw
was taken out of the head. The re-
mains were afterwards buried again
and l have not seen them since.
wouldn't swear that myself saw any
OF the jewelry picked up, but the ju.
rors handed it to me as they found il
under or near the body.
The witness identified some cloth.
ing contained in a small box as that
which was removed from the remains
He next identified the sleeve buttons
a dice and clasp. These objects were
then offered in evidence as exhibits
for the prosecution.
In redirect examination, the witness
said: A card with the name OF Dr.
G. N. Harlan written on it was founC
on the day of the inquest on the
ground, and handed it to the Chic
OF Police. 1t was a large card.
CALEB TWISTS EVIDENCE.
Caleb B. Twist testified: II live in
Compton on the opposite side of the
road from Mrs. Barbey's place. 1 was
at home on the night of the fire of the
barn. My wife called my attention to
it between midnight and o'clock in
the morning. I did not go over till the
next morning. Then l saw a pile OF
ashes and the body Of human being
ON the ground, among the ashes in the
northeast corner of the barn. l was
at the Coroner's inquest which took
place pretty well toward night. 1
stayed at the burned barn in the
morning between 8 and 10 O'Clock.
The legs of the body were burned off.
The left arm was under the body which
lay on its face. | saw the body turned
over when the jury came. 1t tappeared
as if there was a bullet hole in
the head, but l didn't examine
it. II was none of nv business